Globalization is good.

As apparently is alliteration

When I was younger, so much younger than today, I gave money to the Cato Institute. Dogmatic libertarianism is kinda fun and interesting.

I still read their site, and this essay caught me eye. It celebrates Globalisism which due to politics and technology gets, IMHO, a bad rap.

Why is Globalism good? Here’s a nice little pull quote that will be today’s morsel of goodness:

… the restaurant down the street.

There, you’ll almost certainly find something on the menu that didn’t originate in the United States. If you’re at an ethnic restaurant, it’ll be almost everything listed, but even the classic American bar and grill serves nachos or egg rolls or French fries (that probably originated in Belgium). The food you’ll eat, meanwhile, will contain numerous imported ingredients—spices, sauces, or produce that don’t grow locally this time of year (if ever)—and likely imported plates, glasses, and flatware. Maybe you also enjoy imported beer or Australian wine (though even your Miller Lite comes from Czech hops and German yeast). And it’s a good bet that at least one person in the kitchen—and often a waiter or even the owner—was born outside the country. You might think you’re having a good ol’ American cheeseburger, but you really have the whole world on your plate.

https://www.cato.org/publications/trade-cuisine

Good food is good. Globalism even better.